No one outside of the defending champion Florida Panthers or the Tampa Bay Lightning has benefited more from the Sunshine State becoming the center of the hockey universe than Scripps Sports. The division of the E.

The Panthers reached the Stanley Cup Final in 1996 season while playing at Miami Arena in Overtown. But a sparkling new ice palace soon rose on the edge of the Everglades next to

Brad Marchand is having an incredible postseason for the Panthers, but he is still likely to hit free agency this summer.

The Panthers will have their ideal lineup for Game 4 after that same group waxed Edmonton 6-1 this week to take a 2-1 lead in the final.

Amid a Panthers Stanley Cup chase, there is some conversation around Brad Marchand joining the Maple Leafs in NHL free agency.

Thousands of new hockey fans are packing into watch parties across Broward County for Florida Panthers playoff games — but things weren't always so rosy for the franchise.

The Florida Panthers are hoping to reach an accord with center Sam Bennett before free agency begins on July 1.

Maurice is a cat lover. He and his wife, Michelle, have two cats, whose names fans of the Panthers now know. At the team's Stanley Cup championship celebration at Fort Lauderdale Beach last June, Maurice wore a T-shirt designed by his daughter, Sydney.